SHG Promotion and Strengthening

In forest fringe areas SHG has played a catalytic role in resource management, here women are the real driver of their economic prospective. In these areas, traditionally women play a very vital role not only socially but also economically. A small informal association of poor marginalized families created at grass root level for the purpose on enabling member to reap economic befits out of mutual helps, solidarity and joint responsibility.

It is a represent of unique to financial intermediation and also SHGs represent an opportunity for social action and empowerment through women’s involvement in considering, addressing and participating in issues that affect their members and their communities, including issues that affect women in particular.

We federate them not only fight against social exploitation but developing enterprises focused on sustainable use of existing local resources for enhancing their income level in livelihood prospective.

Presently Self help groups are adopted agriculture as an income generation activity. Most SHGs are linked with local banks for enhancing their livelihood through agriculture and animal husbandry specifically keeping small ruminants like goats. By using of paddle pump they are able to cultivating in their own farm land with verity of vegetables and sell it in the local vending markets. Distress sale is always linking with low return leads the poverty. The federation is played a supportive role in value addition, processing, marketing of agriculture and NTFP produces. Federation processed and making Turmeric power, Millet power, Dal processing in their Common Facility Centre (CFC). They selling it in their own federation outlet, participating in different festivals/mela organized by district administration and other institutions. In convergence they supplied it to different government institutions like ICDC, DSMS, ITDA and all the produces have a good potential demand in outside of the district, they supplied these agencies and institutions in a demand driven process.

The Women Federations at cluster or block level have been formed to take up different issues at village level, at cluster level and at federation level as shown in the table below. During this year the following are the major development of SHGs & Federations of Seba Jagat.